Firm and Provider News

Kenneth R. Shear has joined SPI Litigation Direct, a national provider of electronic discovery and litigation support services, as senior vice president. He will work with the company's clients on legal and technology issues, including methodologies and processes for specific cases, data searching and selection procedures, and consulting on EDD standards...

Gene Eames has joined SPI Litigation Direct as a consultant and senior project manager in their electronic discovery division.Based in New York, he will handle significant national electronic data discovery projects, including data analysis and culling, document review and redaction, and final production.

Holland & Knight partner Martha Barnett was recently named one of the 174 "Most Influential Floridians" by Florida Trend magazine. Ms. Barnett was the first female lawyer and partner at Holland & Knight and currently chairs the firm's Directors Committee.

Michael K. Ligorano, a member of the Somerville, NJ-based law firm Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A., has been selected by The Arc of New Jersey as the statewide winner of its Volunteer of the Year Award. Mr. Ligorano received the award at a ceremony on November 30 at the Westin Hotel in Princeton, NJ.

Arent Fox PLLC has announced that Weldon J. Rougeau will join the firm's government relations practice as counsel, effective December 1.
Mr. Rougeau is currently President of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc., a non-partisan foundation focused on research, leadership and economic and public policy development. He has more than 30 years of...

Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP (K&L) has announced that Rosemary Alito and Vincent N. Avallone have joined the firm's Newark office as partners in its Employment and Labor group.
Ms. Alito is well known in the New Jersey legal community and has established a prominent employment practice throughout the state and regionally. Ranked as one of the Best...

Goodwin Procter LLP has announced the addition of William J. Weiss to the firm's Tax Practice. He joins the firm as a partner in its New York office.
Mr. Weiss has broad-based transactional tax experience and has worked on tax issues relating to mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, issuances of debt and equity, private equity funds, financial...

What do intellectual property (IP) and shareholder value have in common? Everything, if you ask Stephen C. Glazier, a partner at Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP (K&L) who specializes in IP and patent law.
"Patents are being leveraged in more innovative and profitable ways," says Glazier. "The result is a paradigm shift that has transformed shareholder...

In celebration of its 70th anniversary, the firm of Budd Larner, P.C. has joined the Partners in Excellence Program at Seton Hall University School of Law. A cooperative effort between Seton Hall and seven law firms, Partners in Excellence seeks to expand opportunities for minorities in the classroom by overcoming barriers to success in law school and the...

Jerome J. Shestack, a partner at WolfBlock and co-chair of the firm's Business Litigation Practice Group, has been elected president of the National Conference of Bar Foundations (NCBF).
Created in 1977, the NCBF is an umbrella organization for developing state and local foundations and acts as their national representative. In particular, the NCBF...

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP has announced that Konrád Siegler, a finance and capital markets expert, has joined the firm as a partner.
In addition, since September 1 the firm has operated in Hungary as Siegler Law Office Weil, Gotshal & Manges.

The international law firm of Jones Day has announced the opening of an office in Moscow, the Russian Federation. The Moscow office, the firm's 30th, will concentrate on cross-border M&A, international capital markets and finance transactions.
The Moscow office opens with five Russian, U.S. and UK qualified attorneys.
Vladimir Lechtman, a corporate...

Legal marketing expert Jeffrey Morgan, a pioneer in law firm branding, positioning and marketing, last month became the new vice president of marketing and business development at JAMS, The Resolution Experts.
Mr. Morgan most recently served as vice president of law firm marketing at American Lawyer Media for 13 years. During his 18 years of experience...

The Collier Bankruptcy Case Update, published by LexisNexis Matthew Bender, now allows quick and easy access to complete decisions via Lexis.com.
The Collier Bankruptcy Case Update features summaries of the most recent and significant bankruptcy law decisions. These decisions are organized by Bankruptcy Code section, U.S. Code section, or Bankruptcy Rule...

Nixon Peabody LLP has named Charles P. Jacobs, who has been a member of the firm's Management Committee and chair of its Business Department, as head of its Private Equity Team. Mr. Jacobs will split his time among the firm's offices in New York, Boston and San Francisco.

Pitney Hardin LLP attorney Jeffrey S. Mandel appeared on a recent two-hour live edition of Court TV's Both Sides, where at the end of the program it was announced that he would be appearing again as a guest legal commentator.
Mr. Mandel was chosen by Court TV as a legal commentator based on his experience as a defense attorney and his legal education,...

Linklaters has elected Gary Barnett, a U.S. structured finance and derivatives practitioner, as apartner in itsNew York office. His election follows the appointments in September of Adam Glass, a leading U.S. structured finance lawyer who joined the firm from Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP, and Mark Palmer, arestructuring & insolvency partner who...

Jeanne Hamburg, a member of the firm of Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A., has been named a contributing editor for the Trademark Basics E-Learning Program , an interactive web-based learning program designed by the International Trademark Association (INTA), which qualifies participants for CLE credit.

Vorys Sater has announced that partner Glenn V. Whitaker, one of the nation's leading white-collar defense lawyers with an expertise in False Claims Act litigation, has extended his Cincinnati, OH practice to the nation's capital.
Having practiced in the Washington area for several years, first with a private firm and then with the Department of Justice...

The firm of Linklaters has elected Adam Glass, a leading U.S. structured finance and derivatives lawyer, as a partner in the New York office.
Mr. Glass joins Linklaters from Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP. He brings extensive experience and strong market standing in his area of expertise.

John D. Cline, a highly regarded trial attorney who specializes in white-collar criminal defense and complex civil litigation, has joined the international law firm Jones Day as a partner in its fast-growing San Francisco office.
Also joining the Jones Day San Francisco office is Martha Boersch, a former assistant U.S. attorney and chief of the...

Recently, WolfBlock attorneys James Redeker, Caroline Austin and David Gollin were successful in obtaining an award of counsel fees and nontaxable costs for a client, the Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association (PREA). The total amount requested - $411,020.60 - was awarded.

Sills Cummis Epstein & Gross P.C. has announced that Peter G. Verniero, former New Jersey Supreme Court Justice, has joined the firm as of counsel. He will co-chair the Corporate Internal Investigations and Business Crimes Practice Group. He also will chair the firm's Appellate Practice Group.